Institution of Fire EngineersUSA
Contact Details |
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| This Branch Covers: The USA |
| Main Contact name |
| William W. Kehoe, MIFireE Treasurer |
| Contact information |
| 4611 Strathblane Place, Alexandria, VA 22304 |
| Tel: 1-703-751-6416 |
| Fax: 1-703-370-5886 |
| E-mail: kehoefd@aol.com |
| Web: www.ife-usa.org |
Branch Contacts
| Position | Name | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| President | Scott D. Kerwood PhD, MIFireE | 1-512-759-2616 | sdkerwood@huttofirerescue.org |
| Vice President | Harry R. Carter PhD, MIFireE | 1-732-431-1639 | drharrycarter@optonline.net |
| GA Rep | Scott D. Kerwood PhD, MIFireE | 1-512-759-2616 | sdkerwood@huttofirerescue.org |
| GA Rep Alt | James M. Broman MIFireE | 1-360-507-2595 | bear1944@comcast.net |
| Secretary | Christopher P. Riley CFO, MIFireE | 1-719-553-2830 | criley@pueblo.us |
| Treasurer | William W. Kehoe MIFireE | 1-703-751-6416 | kehoefd@aol.com |
Announcements In Your Area:
at the National Symposium on Model Performance in Fire Prevention May 4-6, 2012 Presentations may be submitted from local and state fire prevention officials, researchers, or other prevention advocates. Prevention projects or programs must have demonstrated some level of effectiveness at meeting targeted objectives. Vision 20/20 invites programs that are representative of all disciplines of fire prevention: · Engineering (plan review programs, new technologies, etc.) · Enforcement (adoption, administration or enforcement of fire codes) · Education (may include multi-hazard education as long as fire is part of the program) · Fire investigation · Infrastructure (training, data collection and analysis, use of resources, etc.) The deadline for submittal is December 15, 2011. Get started here! The US Branch will assist in funding travel and related expenses if your topic is selected for presentation. The US Branch held their AGM on August 26, 2011. Please see below for the minutes of that meeting and also additional documents relating to other presentations made during the meeting.
Please click 
here for the notes of the AGM
Please click 
here for the presentation Robotics for Reducing Firefighter Injuries
Please click here for the Update on Vision 20/20
Please click 
here for the presentation our outgoing Branch President made at our AGM on 26 August
Please click here for the AGM Election Results
"Community Risk Reduction" is available for free download and is the third in a series of video
Alexandria, VA - August 22, 2011 A new impact video for fire departments to use in promoting fire safety in their communities is available from Vision 20/20's web site www.strategicfire.org. "Community Risk Reduction" details successful programs over the past three years in communities across the nation, including Dallas, Philadelphia, Tualatin Valley, Tucson and others. Each has their own variation of Community Risk Reduction, but they all include home fire safety visits, with some done by fire fighters while others are in partnership with community service organizations. They all have demonstrated solid short term results and other communities are providing long term data as evidence that these concepts work. A number of these success stories are outlined in this short video along with other partners nationwide with their own testimonials of solid results.
The video "Community Risk Reduction" is an integral part of a series designed by Vision 20/20 to promote effective fire protection and prevention strategies, including the recently-launched Vision 20/20 Fire Prevention Advocacy Toolkit. This series includes "Advocating for Fire Prevention" and "Prevention Saves," and they are all available at www.strategicfire.org. Each provides fire safety professionals with the tools they need to demonstrate the value of a fire prevention program to city officials, community leaders and other key decision makers.
"Community Risk Reduction is a very successful strategy that has had positive results in many fire departments across the nation," said Bill Kehoe, co-leader of Strategy 3 for Vision 20/20. "It can help you manage risks in your community by combining emergency response and prevention strategies at the station level. You can learn how fire chiefs are putting the concept to work in their departments in this new video that you can download from our web site."Vision 20/20 is a collaborative project of the Institution of Fire Engineers - USA Branch that is funded by the Department of Homeland Security Fire Prevention and Safety grant program.
State of Virginia Department of Fire Programmes - Fighting Fire with Facts
To see the Quick Facts report click here
To see the Annual Report click here
Community Risk Reduction - US Perspective
Recently the US Branch hosted a symposium to look at lessons learned from our (the USA) initiative of Community Risk Reduction to decrease the losses from fire and other calamities befalling our communities. This program, adopted from ongoing integrated risk management programs in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, and others, is the beginning of what is hoped to be a nation-wide effort by getting fire service departments across the country to focus more on prevention/risk reduction versus operational intervention. The full report from the symposium is available from the following website: http://www.strategicfire.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/V2020%20CRR%20Report%20FINAL.pdf